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Hello everyone!<br /><br />I am just so excited to share with you all this project... if you want to see more please head over to my <a href="http://uniquelygrace.com/color-three-nesting-tables-octopus/" target="_blank">website</a> and check out all the fantastic <a href="http://uniquelygrace.com/color-three-nesting-tables-octopus/" target="_blank">details and photos</a>. Thanks for your support!<br />
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Shabby Chic Storage - Chippy & Distressed</h2>
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Once upon a time there was an artist. She was surrounded by wonderful people in her life who believed in her, so much so that when she put her mind to it she could create just about anything! This is how I felt with this sweet and stunning shabby piece I am sharing with you today. I personally am not an extremely shabby person though I like a soft distressing now and then. So this one was a challenge for me.</div>
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Meet Cinderella, her name was chosen from the rags to riches story because I truly feel that was what this cabinet went through. She was a cleaning supply storage cabinet in a bathroom before I got her.</div>
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I feel like her fairy godmother and my paint brush is my magic wand. She is glistening in her Shabbiness now. Though the Shabby Paints Shimmer Paints and Glazes probably have something to do with that too.</div>
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<strong>Want to know how to create this Look?</strong> Keep reading for my step by step tutorial...</div>
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<em><strong>Step A: Clean... </strong></em>with Vinegar/Water (50/50 mix) and a splash of blue dawn, rinse with water and a clean microfiber cloth.</div>
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<em><strong>Step B: Sand...</strong></em> and scuff up the surface to help the paint have something to hold onto, since this is not real wood. Wipe it down with a damp microfiber cloth to collect all the dust.</div>
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<em><strong>Step C: Paint in layers... </strong></em>I painted the following layers:</div>
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<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">One dry brush layer of <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/buffalo-brown-chalk-acrylic-paint/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/buffalo-brown-chalk-acrylic-paint/">Buffalo Brown</a>. Let dry over night.</li>
<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">Rubbed a bar of soap all over the areas I wanted distressed.</li>
<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">One full coat of <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/vanilla-bear-chalk-acrylic-paint/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/vanilla-bear-chalk-acrylic-paint/">Vanilla Bear</a> with whole rice mixed in (to scrape off later) Let dry to touch.</li>
<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">One layer of <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/stunning-silver-shimmer-paint/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/stunning-silver-shimmer-paint/">Stunning Silver Shimmer Paint</a>. Let dry to touch.</li>
<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">A watered down later of <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/hazelnut-revax-matte-top-coat/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/hazelnut-revax-matte-top-coat/">Hazelnut ReVax</a> and scrape off while wet with a metal or hard plastic putty knife, exposing the darker brown & bronze layers underneath. Work quickly and in small sections!</li>
<li data-mce-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left;">Used more <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/hazelnut-revax-matte-top-coat/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/hazelnut-revax-matte-top-coat/">Hazelnut ReVax</a> with a small artist's brush to shade and darken corners and under the tops of the shelves and overhangs.</li>
<li>Went back in with a smaller brush and added some <a data-mce-href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/black-revax-matte-top-coat/" href="http://uniquelygrace.com/product/black-revax-matte-top-coat/">Black ReVax</a> to darken the corners and under the overhangs even more.</li>
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Shabby Chic Definition:</h2>
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<b>"Shabby chic</b> (pronounced: "sheek") is a form of interior design where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear or where new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique" - Wikipedia</blockquote>
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If only the world could now how much work it takes to make something this old, old enough that someone may want to refinish it. LOL! I hope you have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend. Thank you all very much for stopping by!</div>
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This item was entered into the "<a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/fabflippincontest?fref=ts" href="https://www.facebook.com/fabflippincontest?fref=ts">The Fab Furniture Flipin' Contest</a>" for the month of June, I was honored to be a part of this contest last month and thrilled to be in it now. This months theme is "Shabby Chic Storage" and is sponsored by <a data-mce-href="http://www.milkpaint.com/" href="http://www.milkpaint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Old Fashioned Milk </a><a data-mce-href="http://www.milkpaint.com/" href="http://www.milkpaint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paint Company</a>. Though I was not able to use their product for this project. Take a moment to go check them out.</div>
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<br />Hosts this month did shabby projects also here are their blog links:</div>
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<br />Interested bloggers should contact Stacy (info@anastasiavintage.com) or Evey (info@eveyscreations.com) if interested in participating in future contests.</div>
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Welcome everyone to my Colonial Antebellum inspired Dresser Flip. It began with this $20 dresser yard sale find. This 10 drawer find I thought was in fairly good condition aside from some deep scratches on the top that needed to be sanded out or filled. They were even kind enough to deliver it.</div>
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Once I got it home and out of their grass... I could see the work I had in store for me. The above image shows how much cosmetic work was needed to be done to the side of the footings and moldings. Most of it I was able salvage after removing 6 nails and 4 screws, all of them were driven in from the outside of the piece and were visible. The molding was in 3 pieces in the front and missing the back foot. <br />
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Repairs were made and she was brought back to life... Possibly even a grander life then she had before with the addition of the shutters to her mirror and new hardware. This dresser was inspired by the Colonial Antebellum architecture found frequently here in the south. I am in love with all the history around here that comes with being on the east coast.<br />
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Meet Mrs. Hayward</h2>
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I will admit I felt like this project was never going to end. Rebuilding, repairs, patching and sanding. It so far was the largest rehab I have done. Her Body is finished with<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.706961992743495.1073741842.303741949732170&type=3" target="_blank"> Alamo White antiqued with Black ReVax, sealed with Sheer Vax</a>.</div>
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Her top is Licorice (black) with Black Revax as a sealer.</div>
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Here is one full look at the before and after of what Shabby Paints can do for any piece of furniture! If you love it please make sure to take a second to comment below or Pin it to your favorite furniture board on Pinterest.<br />
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Hello my wonderful readers! I am very excited to show you my new pride and joy. I don't know if I can part with her but I also don't think the hubby will let me keep her. LOL! She is an entry to the "The Furniture Flippin' Contest"! So leave me some love in the comments below so the judges can tell you like her as much as I do!<br />
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The theme for this contest is "Inspired by Mom". Though the name of this piece was totally inspired by a comment my hubby made one day while I was painting. This piece was truly planned out to reflect who my mother is to me. She is quiet and reserved but once you get to know her she really "opens up". She was created with Shabby Paints Cali Taupe & Licorice Chalk Acrylic Paints with a couple of layers of Old Gold Shimmer. Sealed with a mix of 50/50 Hazelnut ReVax/Sheer Vax. It all is distressed and is more beautiful with age... just like my mom!</div>
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My mother is my rock, hence the shades of grey (yes I know... that too was the comment my hubby made... "Is that your 15 shades of grey cabinet?"). But really it was to represent the colors of greys in most stones.<br />
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This is a Jasper Cabinet secretary desk. What is my mother's profession? You guessed it... she was a secretary/receptionist most of her life. She was always so good at keeping the office in order and dealing with customers.<br />
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The damask stencil was chosen as a representation of her style... she always tried her best to find nice things for us but she, a single mother of one, always had a hard time affording them. She was a great teacher of all things frugal. She also inspired me to be an artist as a young child. I can remember seeing her work in arts and crafts and thinking "I wish I could be as good as her someday".</div>
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Now today I can honor her with this piece and how this furniture flip. Mom... look how far everything you taught me has come. I love you, thank you for all you have done for me and one day I can fully repay you a thousand times over. You deserve every last once of love and kindness.<br />
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<br />Thank you to these Judges for putting my piece in your top three!<br /><br /><a href="http://sweetsongbird.eveyscreations.com/index.html" target="_blank">Evey from Sweet Songbird</a><br /><a href="http://thirtyeighthstreet.blogspot.com/2015/05/fabflippincontest-our-favorite-picks.html" target="_blank">Carrie from Thirty Eighth St.</a><br /><a href="http://www.onfernavenue.com/2015/05/fab-furniture-flippin-contest-may-winner.html" target="_blank">Lynn from Fern Avenue</a><br />
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The only thing wrong with this dresser in the before state was the finish on the top. The drawers work like a hot knife going through butter and the pulls are all there and in good condition. But it's presence in the room was just "there".<br />
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Well this one took a while but well worth it. He is done... m<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">eet Magellan! Painted by hand with my favorite paints on the market! These make refinishing so easy to do!</span></div>
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The entire piece has been hand painted and the land masses were drawn and painted freehand.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Here is an insight to the creative processes. I really wanted to label the land masses and larger bodies of water. So I took some transparencies and cut them into pieces and wrote on them while they were laying on top of the map design... testing to see how it would look. </span></div>
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I asked around and in the end I decided not to add the words. The top was then distressed and dry brushed with <a href="https://www.shabbypaints.com/vax-revax/">Hazelnut ReVax</a>. </div>
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The bottom legs have a gold dip dyed look to them with <a href="https://www.shabbypaints.com/shabby-shimmers/">old gold shimmer</a> dry brushed onto the Vintage Sue Blue base. I began this step by painting Cali Taupe under all the old gold shimmer edging.<br />
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Once the old gold was painted on I painted the legs with the Vintage Sue Blue recipe listed above. I painted it down over the tops of the Cali Taupe/Old Gold to a measured height and created the line you see here.<br />
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Once the blue was cured over night I dry brushed the Old gold on the underside of the table with a chip brush. Don't you just love the depth it adds to the legs?</div>
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The entire piece was sealed with two coats of <a href="https://www.shabbypaints.com/vax-revax/">Sheer Vax.</a> I love the Vax product by <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101165771227198929781" target="_blank">+Shabby Paints</a>, it is so easy to use, non toxic, VOC free and MADE IN THE USA!<br />
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Today I am sharing with you this fantastic lil' end table that went from drab to fab! This worn down beauty had see better days for sure.<br />
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Look at all that water damage on the legs!!!<br />
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But with some attention, love and the right kind of paints it is now a lovely piece suitable for any home.<br />
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The top is done in Shabby Paint's Hazelnut Re-Vax on Raw wood. Giving it a beautiful color and a seal too.<br />
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The base and legs are done in Shabby Paint's Alamo White with Hazelnut Re-Vax and Sheer Vax as a sealer and to add a beautiful tint of color and<br />
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Isn't this a striking combination? Simple, rustic and elegant at the same time!<br />
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This Crow was found at a second hand store. Sweet and simple in his black slightly distressed paint he attracted my eye. No tag, no name, no home. Until now!</div>
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After his makeover I gave him the name Wolfrum. Don't you just adore him? He was painted with Alamo White, Shabby Paint's and sealed with Hazelnut Re-Vax. The designs are Henna patterns as I am a henna artist too.</div>
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His details cover him from tail feather to beak tip. Let me know what you think about this makeover of Wolfrum the Crow... leave a comment below!<br />
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Been busy this week working on some pieces that are Dr. Seuss inspired! I am having so much fun being brought back to my childhood. Reading books over and over... for visual reference of course. LOL! These are some Seuss--ified pieces all right!<br />
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This first piece was done with Folk Art Chalk Paint - Imperial (red), Shabby Paints - So Serene and Licorice.<br />
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The Before & After shot...<br />
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This next piece with a before and after image of a thrifty table find I stumbled across years ago and I a just now getting around to redoing it.<br />
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Just to prove it's not clipart here is an image of my daughter sitting on top of the table.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed these projects. Keep any eye out for an online video class on how to do this technique.<br />
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Over on my<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2015/03/dr-seuss-lorax-inspired-truffula-tree.html"> Uniquely Grace Blog</a> there is a bit more about the <a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2015/03/dr-seuss-lorax-inspired-truffula-tree.html">Truffula Trees and the Window Display </a>at <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115182942763209447628" target="_blank">+Books on Broad</a> all these fun pieces went into.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494642078197390086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59477778897403276.post-38932957418293765252015-04-15T19:07:00.000-07:002015-04-15T19:07:59.245-07:00Illustrated 3D Rocking Chair - Chalk Painted Furniture Flip! Looks like it came right out of a book!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Readers! I am excited to share with you yet another Illustrated Chalk Painted piece of furniture. Done up in a cheerful color of yellow (the hand made Sunflower Chalk Paint mixed with Alamo White by Shabby Paints) and shaded in a Sunflower color. The line work was done in Licorice from Shabby Paints also. NOTE: I tried the DIY Latex recipe... poor coverage, ruins brushes, costs more over all, and drips a whole lot, takes longer to dry between coats and over all I just didn't care for it like I care for my <a href="https://www.shabbypaints.com/2015-color-lineup/">Shabby Paints Acrylic Chalk Paint</a>. Adding Alamo White to the Sunflower helps on the lighter color but it still had a lot of issues and took me longer to finish this piece then I would have liked.</div>
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This chair would be so much fun in a Nursery or Child's bedroom.<br />
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Or perhaps a Library or Classroom with a reading rug and story time!<br />
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I put together some Truffula Tree Seedlings for the Dr. Seuss window display. I painted up some clay pots with <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101165771227198929781" target="_blank">+Shabby Paints</a> Betsy Ross Red, Alamo White and Licorice. then created the tree trunks and the truffula tops with feathers.<br />
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I thought I would put this out there because we are renting our home back in CA. It will be available Jan 31st, it is located north of Sacramento in a great master community called Plumas Lake.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">RENT: $1750 ($1700 with military discount) per month</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">DEPOSIT: $1750 ($1700 with military discount)</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Includes: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">- weekly/bi-weekly (depending on season) yard maintenance </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">PET: Small dogs (under 15 lbs Okay, sorry no cats)</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">PET FEE: $300 for the first pet and $150 for additional pets</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">TERM: 1 year + (preferred) </span></span></b><br />
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<li>KITCHEN: is an entertainment style kitchen with designer flooring has a large island that includes space for counter dinning for 4. Lots of cabinet space and storage including a large pantry.</li>
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I am thrilled to be adding the Part 2 to this series, A Lauer Christmas Home Tour. One fantastic thing about his is I get to share my new home with my family and friends who have not been able to see it since we now live so far away. </div>
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Today I am honored to be a part of a second <a href="http://www.uptodateinteriors.com/2014/12/parade-christmas-homes-uniquely-grace.html">Parade of Christmas Home Tours</a>! This home tour has been well organized and generously hosted by <a href="http://www.uptodateinteriors.com/">Up To Date Interiors</a>. Thank you Kathryn for allowing me to be a part of your special on Bloggers Best homes. </div>
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Click on the link for <a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/a-lauer-christmas-home-tour-oh-holy.html">A Lauer Christmas Home Tour Part 1 - </a><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/a-lauer-christmas-home-tour-oh-holy.html">Oh Holy Night, Front Room and Inside Entry</a></div>
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I just love the arches that cross between the dinning room and our back living room. We have two, one very large one with a 10' arch and a smaller one with a 3.5' wide arch. When we bought the house I knew I wanted to put our Christmas Tree there! It was perfect, we only had one tall tree but we had high ceilings in this new home of ours. So this would be a perfect spot to nestle the tree into and with the arch it makes the tree seem taller as it reaches up to the center of the arch.<br />
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The decor in the dinning room is a mix between the red and white in the kitchen and the red, gold and burlap in the back living room. </div>
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I just love apothecary jars and this one full of sweet candy cane goodness is not exception. It gets decorated for every season or holiday.</div>
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Cardinals have a special place in my heart. Luckily they are found everywhere at Christmas time. My Grandfather used to sit in his bed, ill and unable to go outside, and watch the cardinals feed on the bird feeder outside his window. He has left this world now and is up in heaven with his maker. Though it's been over 5 years since his passing, the last days I was able to spend with him was during Christmas when he would tell me all the local cardinal's names as they came to feast outside his window. Cardinals were his favorite and this time of year seeing them everywhere brings him a little closer to me once again. </div>
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In the image above there are also some handmade ornaments a glittered angel, a Christmas Mouse that I made as a child, and in the bottom right corner we have several book page ornaments my kids made this year at a workshop I taught at the local book store. Here are some more links to some other Book page art projects I have worked on this year. The second link is a great tutorial to this fun Kid Craft Ornament</div>
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20px;">2014 Book Page Holiday Creations:</b><br />
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<li style="color: #141823;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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I always love little surprises when people visit my home and they remember the details. Like decorating the powder room. It's a relatively small space so it doesn't need much to make an impact. </div>
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The kitchen is one of my favorite spots during the holidays! I love to bake and cook for entertaining friends and family. A few years ago I stumbled into a Dollar Tree to get something really quick and it happened to be the week they put out all their Christmas items. If you have never shopped there the seasonal items sell out very quickly. As I peeked at all the goodies (yes some on their own look very cheap) I started to see a theme. Something very easy to do, costing very little for an entire room decor and something very sweet (wink). </div>
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I purchased all the rolls of white ribbon with red sequin stripes, red glittered bows, candy ornaments 2/$1.00, bags of 12 plastic candy canes and other tid bits that coordinated including the towel, the gift bags at the top of the cabinets and the white mesh.</div>
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The plastic Candy Canes were glued together with hot glue into the shape of a heart and decorated with a larger wrapped candy ornament.<br />
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Thank you so much for spending your precious time with me during this holiday season. I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Please leave your comments below, pin, share and follow if you like what you see.<br />
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I am so excited to finally show you all this creation. A year ago I was in the middle of moving across country when an old friend of mine contacted me with his idea. Due to the move I was unable to create this piece for him last year and now this Guardian Angel of the Lord sits atop his Christmas tree this holiday season!<br />
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He is constructed with polymer clay and a wire armature. The armature began looking like this...<br />
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His face is hand painted and he has red leather accents. I always have to use some sort of recycled goods in my work so under his clothing can be found a soda bottle with the bottom cut out to create a slender cone to help secure him over the top of the tree.<br />
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His wings are based with the same wire armature so they are secured from the inside out. They are covered in 3 kinds of feathers, white goose, white ostrich and marabou feathers. There are over 60 goose feathers in the wings and all are hand trimmed into the shapes you see below. </div>
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He holds a broad sword with the scripture of Luke 2: 8-20.<br />
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<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2:8-20">8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</a></blockquote>
Here is one more over all look at this OOAK (one of a kind) Guardian Warrior Angel Christmas Tree Topper.<br />
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My friend is very pleased with him as am I, especially since I have not carved a human figure since high school... which was long enough ago I won't say how long... LOL!</div>
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This year I am doing something a little different. I will be showing you inside my home this holiday season with a series of posts (<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/a-lauer-christmas-home-tour-cardinals.html">Second post - Kitchen, Bath and Dinning Room</a>). We all know the true meaning of Christmas is Christ's birth. This room and space is dedicated to our Lord and Savior. This is a photo heavy post so grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, cuddle up with your warm blanket by the fireplace and welcome into my home.<br />
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I would love to give a HUGE thank you to Michelle over at <a href="http://shelstringblog.blogspot.com/">Shelstring</a> who organized this <a href="http://shelstringblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/chrismas-home-tour-and-blog-hop.html">Winter Wonderland Holiday Home Tour blog hop</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">EDIT 12/18 - </span>Today I am honored to be a part of a second <a href="http://www.uptodateinteriors.com/2014/12/parade-christmas-homes-uniquely-grace.html">Parade of Christmas Home Tours</a>! This home tour has been well organized and generously hosted by <a href="http://www.uptodateinteriors.com/">Up To Date Interiors</a>. Thank you Kathryn for allowing me to be a part of your special on Bloggers Best homes. </div>
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Welcome to my home! The holiday spirit is alive in our house the moment you step up to our front door (the outside will be another post) </div>
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Sometimes all it takes a few small items to spruce up what you all ready have. This vintage mirror was already hanging in our entry and I added some flowers and a crystal ornament. It also happens to be in a good position to reflect our tree in the front room.</div>
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This year we changed up the exterior decor and my normal door hanging didn't match so I flipped it around and put it on the inside. It makes for a wonderful welcome to the inside entry.</div>
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My Hubby left these boots at the front door, probably with no thought of it, when he walked out that door almost three months ago to serve overseas. They have not left this spot. I put an angel on them to remind us to pray for his protection and a magnolia flower which represents "life force" and for him to come home to us here in the South.<br />
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In the front room we have our "biggest" tree. We loved this tree in our old house as it stood 9' tall in a two story room with a base of 6' diameter at the bottom. However after our move this year we had issues with it actually touching our ceilings here. So our glorious angel was not able to sit atop our nativity themed tree. However she is on display in the room and we still loved how it turned out.</div>
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These lil' decor items hanging from my curtain rod on each side of the window were thrown together with mostly Dollar Tree items and some clearance ribbon from a few Christmases ago. The dollar store had these fantastic clip on magnolias that are all over our tree and since we are now living in the south they have replaced our larger white poinsettias.</div>
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We love our books around here so we just could not part with packing them up to have more room to decorate so they have little trinkets, flowers and LED candles mixed right on in. Our favorite book and one of many of our book readings Holiday Tradition is the Polar Express, displayed here next to our angel tree topper that would not fit atop the tree this year in our new home.</div>
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The bookcase is adorned with little poinsettias and sweet nativity pieces.</div>
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I wanted something a bit different this year then in the past and bringing some scrub oak tree branches from outside in was the perfect thing. These were limbs that were dead already and I took some white spray paint and dusted them all over, added them to the galvanized steel pot and some Dollar Tree poinsettias into the branches. </div>
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One of my favorite parts in this room aside from the tree is my chalkboard sign and my angel announcing the coming of the Christ Child.</div>
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This book page tree is one of the items that are hand crafted. I am a window designer for a book store where I make art and home decorations out of books and this is one of my favorite trees I have made. Just had to keep it. </div>
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The second post to this one is found here: <a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/a-lauer-christmas-home-tour-cardinals.html">A Lauer Christmas Home Tour - Cardinals, Candy canes & Burlap - Kitchen, Bath and Dinning Room - Part 2</a></div>
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If you want to see more of my Holiday Book Page art and ornaments please check out these links.<br />
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/childrens-book-page-ornament-craft-diy.html">Child Book Page Ornament Tutorial </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-glass-book-page-shaker.html">Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/book-page-christmas-trees-just-in-time.html">Table Top Christmas Trees</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/golden-star-book-page-ornament-for-your.html">Golden Star Book Page Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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I am so honored to be highlighted in this blog hop right along side of these fantastic homes. Please take a moment to relax and view this beautiful Parade of homes with all sorts of styles and colors. Merry Christmas!<br />
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I was so thrilled when I was able to design an ornament this year that was in the shape of one. I was able to make these in three colors. Gold, Silver and White. What do you think? Please let me know in the comments below.</div>
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According to <a href="http://www.appleseeds.org/poinsettia-legend.htm">www.appleseeds.org</a> here is the legend:<br />
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<span style="color: #ac0000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Maria wanted to make a very special gift. She had helped her mother before with the loom, so she tried, on her own, to weave a colorful blanket. But Maria was too inexperienced and the yarns became an entangled mess. Maria was heartbroken. She wanted so much to be able to march in procession with the other village children, but she had no gift to give to the Christ Child.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ac0000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Finally it was Christmas Eve! The villagers gathered in the piazza. Some whispered that they thought they could hear angels singing tonight. Everyone was ready. Holding lit candles, all the villagers began to process down the aisle amid joyous music and singing.</span></div>
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"I don’t have a gift for the Baby Jesus," she sniffled softly. "I tried and tried to make something beautiful, but instead I ruined it."</div>
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By the time she arrived, the candles were ablaze and the children were singing as they walked down the aisle carrying their gifts to the Christ Child.</div>
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Padre Francesco placed the figure of the baby Jesus in the manger, with the children’s gifts all around it.</div>
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Suddenly, Maria was scared when she saw all those people dressed in such beautiful clothes, and she was dressed so poorly. She tried to slip behind one of the big pillars, but she was too slow. Padre Francesco saw her.</div>
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"Maria, Maria," he called out. "Hurry girl, come, bring up your gift!"</div>
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Maria was terrified. She wondered, "Do I run away? Do I go forward?"</div>
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The Padre saw her apprehension and coaxed her more gently, "Maria, come up here and see the Baby Jesus. There is space left for one more gift."</div>
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Before she could think, Maria found herself walking down the main aisle of the church.</div>
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"What is Maria carrying under her manto?" the villagers whispered. "Where’s her gift?"</div>
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Padre Francesco stepped down from the altar and walked with Maria to the Christmas crèche. Maria bowed her head and said a prayer then opened her manto and let the weeds tumble out.</div>
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Voices gasped, "Look! Look at those glorious flowers!"</div>
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Startled, Maria opened her eyes. She was stunned. For each weed was now topped with a flaming, bright, red star.</div>
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And outside, too, every weed now bore a bright red star. Maria's Love had created a miracle. </div>
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<a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/">www.WhyChristmas.com</a> also states:<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The shape of the poinsettia flower and leaves are sometimes thought as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus. The red colored leaves symbolize the blood of Christ. The white leaves represent his purity.</span></div>
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Merry Christmas everyone!<br />
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/childrens-book-page-ornament-craft-diy.html">Child Book Page Ornament Tutorial </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-glass-book-page-shaker.html">Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. I am so happy you are here and that you are interested in these sweet and simple Child DIY ornaments.I thought I would type this up and share it encase your not local and you missed my Children's Ornament Workshop at <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115182942763209447628" target="_blank">+Books on Broad</a> here in <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/107581097680844073030" target="_blank">+Camden SC</a>. I want to invite you to follow my blog on one of the sign ups over in the right hand column. I hope you and your kids have a fantastic time making them. Enjoy! </div>
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<li><b>an old book you can tear pages from</b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Step 1:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Tear two pages from an old book and fold each of the pages in an</span> <span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">accordion fold short length</span></span></div>
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/childrens-book-page-ornament-craft-diy.html">Child Book Page Ornament Tutorial </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-glass-book-page-shaker.html">Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/book-page-christmas-trees-just-in-time.html">Table Top Christmas Trees</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/golden-star-book-page-ornament-for-your.html">Golden Star Book Page Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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Isn't he just so adorable? This cute 12" tall Snowman is in Books on Broad awaiting purchase so he can go to his new home this holiday season!<br />
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He sets atop a silver metal tray with fin feathers around the bottom to mimic a new dusting of the fantastic white powder we call snow. Adorned with holly leaves and berries and his scarf and top hat he is one dapper dude for a snowman.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;">#Cardinals are very special to me as they remind me of my Grandfather. I have one of these hanging on my </span><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;">#tree</span><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;"> right now at home. Having them around on #Christmas reminds me he is always watching from up above. #Blessings to you all this #holiday #season. These #Ornaments can be found at </span><input class="CfgfKe sk" data-sbxm="1" data-token-displayname="Books on Broad" data-token-entity="@115182942763209447628" oid="115182942763209447628" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 1px; padding: 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;" tabindex="-1" type="button" value="+Books on Broad" /><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;"> in </span><input class="CfgfKe sk" data-sbxm="1" data-token-displayname="Camden SC" data-token-entity="@107581097680844073030" oid="107581097680844073030" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 1px; padding: 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;" tabindex="-1" type="button" value="+Camden SC" /><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;"> not far from </span><input class="CfgfKe sk" data-sbxm="1" data-token-displayname="Columbia, SC" data-token-entity="@103067955655026436762" oid="103067955655026436762" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #427fed; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 1px; padding: 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;" tabindex="-1" type="button" value="+Columbia, SC" /><span style="line-height: 20.2222232818604px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Here I have our third new </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/handcrafted" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#Handcrafted</a><span style="text-align: left;"> design of my </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/bookpage" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#bookpage</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ornaments" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#Ornaments</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for the #2014 </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/holiday" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#holiday</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/season" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#season</a><span style="text-align: left;">. This </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/square" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#square</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/glass" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#glass</a><span style="text-align: left;"> ornament is filled with pages from a Tom Sawyer and backed golden pages from the Hobbit, then adorned in </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/gold" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#gold</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/red" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">#red</a><span style="text-align: left;"> embellishments and trim. There are 6 of these available in three</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; text-align: left;"> different <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/designs" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#designs</a>. One has <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/noel" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#Noel</a>, the other has <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/holly" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#Holly</a> and the third has a <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cardinal" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#Cardinal</a> on the front. Get them while they last! You can find these on <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/display" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">#display</a> in the front window at <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=257022287702324" href="https://www.facebook.com/BooksOnBroad" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Books on Broad</a>.</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/childrens-book-page-ornament-craft-diy.html">Child Book Page Ornament Tutorial </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-glass-book-page-shaker.html">Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494642078197390086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59477778897403276.post-1376974561781272142014-11-21T02:01:00.000-08:002014-12-08T05:22:40.930-08:00Stunning Book Page Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornaments - Handcrafted<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-glass-book-page-shaker.html">Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/unique-book-page-snowman-and-winter.html">Book Page Snowman</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/stunning-book-page-angel-wing-christmas.html">Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/book-page-christmas-trees-just-in-time.html">Table Top Christmas Trees</a></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/12/book-page-poinsettia-ornament-for-your.html">Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree</a></li>
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Angel costumes have been favorites for girls during Halloween and then there is always that angel in the Christmas play at church. So I was not surprised when my lovely daughter said she wanted to be one. She changed it up a bit and wanted a bow, arrows, a quiver and some armor. She's unique like that.... not sure where she gets that urge to be different. With those additions, the idea for her Angel Warrior costume was born.<br />
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This costume was 100% DIY and handmade, it was even designed in the mind of this very creative 9 year old girl. The three talented people who worked on it is Linda from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Sew-Beautifully/155837834503068">Living Sew Beautifully</a>, Grace from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uniquelygracedesigns">Uniquely Grace</a> (that's me) and this young beauty (my daughter) in these photos Trinity from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-Are-Tutu-Cute/652223438165969">You are Tutu Cute </a>(she makes tutu's to pay for her own dance classes) Head to toe you don't want to mess with this deadly combo.</div>
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Look here at her quiver, satchel, armor and dress. All were made by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Sew-Beautifully/155837834503068">Living Sew Beautifully</a>. From nothing more then my daughter's imagination and a artist's rendering. One of a kind, no patterns used! Linda is awesome like that. Also one little detail look at the bottom of this image, you will see a little red dot. Her arrows have laser pointers in the tips. COOL HUGH?<br />
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From behind you can see the cape made by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Sew-Beautifully/155837834503068">Living Sew Beautifully</a>. Also the bow I designed and my daughter painted. It is inspired by the shape of angel wings. The back of these wings show how large they really are. Each one about 3' in length.<br />
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That gives this angel a 7' 8" wing span from tip to tip when they are open. Pretty darn impressive! We love the size of these beauties. Lately my goal with the kid's costumes is to create something that will grow with them or that can be used by an adult even (like me... lol) for years to come.<br />
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Thank you all for viewing. Please leave a comment below or share this across social media. I would love to hear your thoughts.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please see more of our costumes in the following links:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/angel-warrior-costume-with-articulated.html">Angel Warrior with Articulated Wings</a><br /><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/11/jack-skellington-handmade-costume.html">Jack Skellington - Disney's Nightmare Before Christmas Puppet Costume</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2014/09/parks-and-recration-leslie-knopes.html">Parks and Recreation's Leslie Knope Wedding Gown Tutorial</a></span></div>
<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2013/11/moon-lunar-fairy-costume-handmade.html">Moon/Lunar Fairy - with articulated wings</a><br />
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<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2013/11/tron-lightcycle-handmade-halloween.html">Tron Lightcycle</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2012/11/pretty-peacock-princess-with-real.html">Peacock Princess with articulated tail</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2012/11/watch-out-tony-stark-there-is-new-iron.html">Iron Man - 3D</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2011/11/halloween-how-am-i-going-to-top-this.html">3D Paper Doll Ballerina</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.uniquelygrace.com/2011/11/halloween-how-am-i-going-to-top-this.html">Literary Work of Art</a></div>
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Welcome to the final day of the 4th Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! We hope you enjoyed the projects from the last 2 days! A few years ago we were looking online for handmade gift ideas and thought it would be great if there was a resource dedicated JUST to handmade gift ideas. Enter the Handmade Holidays hop! We've gathered over 100 of our creative blogger friends in the craft industry as well as some of our fellow product manufacturers to bring you a plethora of inspiring gift ideas you can make now to give to your friends, family, and colleagues. Pin and bookmark these ideas for this holiday season and to use throughout the year! Each day of the hop features approximately 30 gift projects and you can "hop" from one blog to another to check them all out.
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Grab your favorite beverage and sit back and relax... Here is the gift of "Home for the Holidays" for a "Christmas in a Deployment Box"<br />
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2. Print out photos of your Christmas Tree I deleted some of the excess background to keep it from wasting ink. Enlarge it to fill your normal paper. This paper is a shimmer to give the tree some sparkle... lie our overly used is always filled with glitter. Print 3 regular and 3 reverse (all the same size)</div>
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3. Print out images of your flooring and other home areas you wish to add. I chose our fireplace decorated with Christmas. The flooring is special too. This flooring was designed and installed by my hubby and I . It is special for us so I know this detail will mean something to him.<br />
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Today I am using Scrapbook-Adhesives.com's supplies. Here is an image of my adhesives, there are some I didn't get to use but I do love them all.<br />
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4. Find your placement on the box. I have one tree cut out for here for a visual placement. The tree must go on a vertical fold.<br />
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5. Trace your <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">original cut out. Then flip it over and trace it on the other 3 of the opposite printouts.</span><br />
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Then stack them all up so the outlines are suppose to be matching, 3 right side up and 3 right side down. This way they match and line up more clearly, Trees can be hard to match up when hand cut with all those little branches.<br />
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6. Choose a color of cardstock for your wall color. I used 4 sheets, 3 hole and one to cut into strips to place over the vertical folds and adhere, I used <a href="https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/products/e-z-runner-r-permanent-strips-refillable-dispenser-49-slash-15m">Scrapbook-Adhesives.com's E-Z Runner</a>. This color matches the color of our walls in our living room.<br />
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7. Cut out the flooring to fit on the 3 lower folded flaps and adhere them with <a href="https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/products/e-z-runner-r-permanent-strips-refillable-dispenser-49-slash-15m">Scrapbook-Adhesives.com's E-Z Runner</a>. Like I said before this flooring was a project the hubby and I worked on together and we love how it turned out. It's a nice detail to add by using photos of our own floor.<br />
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8. Cut out your accessories like the fireplace and wall art. I used <a href="https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/products/3d-foam-squares-white-regular-size">Scrapbook-Adhesives.com's 3D Foam Squares</a> to pop it off the surface a bit. Don't go crazy. Remember it needs to fold up. Keep this one off the vertical folds.</div>
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9. Now lets get rolling on our POP UP tree! I am excited about this one! Place one of your 6 trees you cut out in your cutter, WE WILL NOT BE CUTTING! We will be folding. I lined up the bottoms flush with my cutter's guide and then shifted the trees from left to right till the very top of the star was along the edge I was using to help me fold it.<br />
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Once lined up I gently worked the cardstock up words until I got a nice fold right down the center point, the top of the star.<br />
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Repeat for the rest of your trees. Notice that one side is wider then the other. That is okay because the bottoms and tops will match up I promise.<br />
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Using some of <a href="https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/products/crafty-power-tape-20-slash-6m-in-dispenser">Scrapbook-Adhesive.com's Crafty Power Tape</a> I adhered one side of a tree to the same sized side (reverse print out).<br />
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Repeat this until you have them all connected and it looks like this.<br />
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10. Presents!!!! The real gift of this is giving some our our "Home for the Holidays" this box is for a deployed spouse who won't be here for Christmas. This gives him images of our actual home. The presents are just rectangles with 1/4" fold at the bottom to adhere them to the floor of the box. They have a cute little bow on the tops of them. This still allows it to fold up.</div>
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One of the best things about these presents is we have written things we love about our Daddy on the backs. There are 25 gifts so he can read one a day in December till Christmas. You don't have to do the Advent if you don't have the time to send it that far in advance to your service member or college student.<br />
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11) Use S<a href="https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/products/photo-corners-classic-style-gold">crapbook-Adhesives.com Creative Photo Corners</a> in gold, to "frame" your wallet photos on the wall. I have soccer ones in there because we are sending them to him, however before I mail this it will have our new family wallet photos in the box. Nice thing about the photo corners... you can easily switch out your photos.</div>
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12. Write your message. Our's is private and will be written with the kid's help once we can sit down. So it's not pictured here.<br />
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13. How to fold it up, it's ready to ship! Make sure all your presents are flattened up and slowly close the right section checking on your presents as you close it. When you get to the tree. I laid it down flat and the side of the box goes right down the middle of the tree.<br />
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Then fold the left side with the wallets on it over to the right. Do it slowly checking on your gifts and the tree. Tape, label and ship! Mark on the outside of the box 'OPEN CAREFULLY HERE" with an arrow to the side that can be unsealed. My hubby get's our packages and mail in about 2.5 weeks. So if you want to do this for your's plan ahead for the shipping or leave out the advent part.<br />
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My hubby get's our packages and mail in about 2.5 weeks. So if you want to do this for your's plan ahead for the shipping or leave out the advent part.<br />
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The beauty of this is it could lay flat and hung on the wall of their quarters or it could have the floor folded up 90 degrees and sit on a dresser or even a windowsill! Little space for a little bit of "Home for the Holidays".<br />
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God bless all our service men and women who can not be with their loved ones this season of joy, love and happiness.<br />
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